Speaker Mike Johnson FINALLY sets April 10 as date to hand over Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate and urges an 'expeditious' trial for Biden's embattled border chief

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would finally send over its articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on April 10 to kickstart a trial in the Senate. 

The House voted to impeach Mayorkas on February 13 by just one vote over 'willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law' and 'breach of the public trust.' 

Johnson urged in vain for the Senate to convict Mayorkas. 

'The constitutional grounds for Secretary Mayorkas' conviction and removal from office are well-founded, and the historical record is clear,' Johnson wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. 

If Schumer even calls a trial, two thirds of the Democrat-led Senate would need to vote to convict Mayorkas and remove him from office. 

'We call upon you to fulfill your constitutional obligation to hold this trial,' Johnson added. 'The American people demand a secure border, and accountability for those responsible.' 

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would finally send over its articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on April 10 to kickstart a trial in the Senate

The House voted to impeach Mayorkas on February 13 by just one vote over 'willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law' and 'breach of the public trust'

'We urge you to schedule a trial on the matter expeditiously.' 

Even Republicans in the Senate have criticized the impeachment effort, with Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville labeling it a 'waste of time.' 

The two articles of impeachment accuse Mayorkas of failing to enforce immigration law and lying to Congress about the state of the southern border. 

Mayorkas, 64, is now only the second cabinet secretary to be impeached and the first in nearly 150 years.

Customs and Border Patrol recorded 256,094 encounters nationwide in February, including 189,922 at the Southwest border - the worst February on record in decades. 

Schumer, meanwhile, has previously said the chamber will be ready to act whenever the House delivers the articles. 

'The House impeachment managers will present the articles of impeachment to the Senate following the state work period. Senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the next day. Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside,' his office said in a February statement. 

The House-appointed impeachment managers are Reps. Mark Green, R-Tenn., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Clay Higgins, R-La., Ben Cline, R-Va., Mike Guest, R-Miss., Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., August Pfluger, R-Texas, Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., and Laurel Lee, R-Fla. 

Migrants gather as they try to enter US territory through the border razor fence in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, 20 March 2024

And the managers are eager to share their case. 

'Any Senator who votes to dismiss the impeachment articles is dismissing the legitimate concerns the American people have about the border crisis,' Rep. Pfluger told DailyMail.com in a statement. 

'A failure to hold a thorough trial that lays the evidence out would be a grave mistake.'

Once the House delivers the articles of impeachment to the Senate, Senators would soon thereafter be sworn in as jurors and oversee Mayorkas' trial.

As Democrats control the chamber, Schumer could simply move to expedite and dismiss the charges against Mayorkas.